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Summary

A curvilinear bank or low structure is visible on aerial photographs between 2001 and 2007, and on Lidar images derived from data captured in 2006. It is very tentatively interpreted as a fish weir that went out of use prior to 1832, or possibly a later rebuild, and further work is necessary to verify this interpretation.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS43SE/37

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FISH WEIR (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1840 AD)

Full description

Next Perspectives, 2001, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS4531 22-MAY-2001 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349376.

A curvilinear bank is visible as an earthwork or structure.

Preece, C., 2005, A Conflict of Interests: the Fish Traps of the Taw and Torridge Estuaries, 145-146 (Article in Serial). SDV342251.

No weir structure on this alignment is depicted on the reproduced nineteenth century plans and maps of the estuary.

Environment Agency, 2006, LiDAR data JPEG image (1 metre resolution), LIDAR SS4430 Environment Agency D0059359 03-APR-2006 (Cartographic). SDV349740.

A curvilinear feature resembling a bank is visible.

Next Perspectives, 2010, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS4531 04-MAY-2010 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349899.

A curvilinear feature is just visible, mainly below the water line, as a dark mark.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011-2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.

A curvilinear bank or low structure is visible on aerial photographs between 2001 and 2007, and on Lidar images derived from data captured in 2006. Its curving shape and alignment does not correlate to any of the fish traps depicted on nineteenth century maps reproduced by Preece (2005), and it is therefore likely to be an earlier weir structure, predating 1832, or a rebuild. It is not visible on earlier aerial photographs and may have been exposed following a severe weather event, although there of course a possibility that it is an unrelated feature of very recent origin. Ground survey might be helpful in ascertaining the character and survival of this feature.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV342251	Article in Serial: Preece, C.. 2005. A Conflict of Interests: the Fish Traps of the Taw and Torridge Estuaries. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 63. Paperback Volume. 145-146.
SDV349018	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S.. 2011-2012. North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. ACD383/2/1. Digital.
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SDV349376	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2001. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS4531 22-MAY-2001. [Mapped feature: #62251 ]
SDV349740	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2006. LiDAR data JPEG image (1 metre resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SS4430 Environment Agency D0059359 03-APR-2006.
SDV349899	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2010. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS4531 04-MAY-2010.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project (Ref: ACD383/2/1)

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